If you put the ^ symbol inside the character class, it will not negate the pattern. It means , match the patter starting with. So the following code is not at all work.
Code:
grep [^#] file
Instead of that you should use the following code
Code:
grep ^[^#] file
Here the symbol ^ outside of the character class negate the pattern. The symbol ^ Inside character class represent the starting.
How can I delete those lines that starts with a certain letter?
abc def ghi
xyz abc def
ace gik moq
abe imq gxm
I want to delete the line that starts with "x". Thanks! (4 Replies)
Hi Guys,
I have an awk script that would search the input file for line that starts with a number 3 and copies into a new text file.
I want to extend this script to find the lines that either starts with 3 or a or b and copy all those lines into the new file.
Here is what I have so far:... (1 Reply)
Hi, I have one file, I need to check if file exist or not and then remove the lines which starts with ?
My file1.out data is some thing
abcabcppp
xyzxyzpqr
?????????
?????????
Output should be in test.out
abcabcppp
xyzxyzpqr
I am getting the output as below but the File does not exist... (4 Replies)
example:
comment Now_TB.table column errac is for error messages
1 - first
2 - second
3 -third ;
in this example I need to be able to grab the comment as first word and ; as the last word and it might span a few lines. I need it to be put all in one line without line breaks so I can... (4 Replies)
I have requirement in my every files starting lines have # needs to be not processing or exclude the that lines.
I have written a code like below, but now working as expected getting ERROR" line 60:
1 #!/bin/sh
2 echo ======= LogManageri start ==========
3
4 #This directory is... (1 Reply)
I have a file like below
#Fields section bald
1234 2345 456 222
abcs dddd dddd ssss
mmmm mmm mmm
i need do not process a files stating with #
I was written code below
while read -r line
do
if
then
echo ${line} >>
elif
then
... (3 Replies)
This is on a CentOS box, I have two scripts that need to run in order.
I want to write a shell script that calls the first script, lets it run and then terminates it after a certain number of hours (that I specify of course), and then calls the second script (they can't run simultaneously) which... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: btramer
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
grep
GREP(1) General Commands Manual GREP(1)NAME
grep - search a file for lines containing a given pattern
SYNOPSIS
grep [-elnsv] pattern [file] ...
OPTIONS -e-e pattern is the same as pattern
-c Print a count of lines matched
-i Ignore case
-l Print file names, no lines
-n Print line numbers
-s Status only, no printed output
-v Select lines that do not match
EXAMPLES
grep mouse file # Find lines in file containing mouse
grep [0-9] file # Print lines containing a digit
DESCRIPTION
Grep searches one or more files (by default, stdin) and selects out all the lines that match the pattern. All the regular expressions
accepted by ed and mined are allowed. In addition, + can be used instead of * to mean 1 or more occurrences, ? can be used to mean 0 or 1
occurrences, and | can be used between two regular expressions to mean either one of them. Parentheses can be used for grouping. If a
match is found, exit status 0 is returned. If no match is found, exit status 1 is returned. If an error is detected, exit status 2 is
returned.
SEE ALSO cgrep(1), fgrep(1), sed(1), awk(9).
GREP(1)